LOCKPORT—County Clerk Joseph A. Jastrzemski said this morning that a statewide computer outage that first occurred Wednesday afternoon and is affecting multiple agencies continues to be a problem, limiting what local Department of Motor Vehicles offices can do—but that they will be open to assist the public and answer questions.

LOCKPORT—An event being termed a “critical incident” has resulted in a multi-agency computer outage across New York State, according to information received by the Niagara County Clerk’s Office—and has left local DMVs unable to process transactions.

GASPORT—County Clerk Joseph A. Jastrzemski has met with more than 500 gun owners with questions about the pistol permit recertification requirement in the controversial NY SAFE Act around the county since late October—and he says his efforts will continue to ramp up until the requirement’s Jan. 31 deadline.